Share 'The Comfort of an Atheist Afterlife'

Today on Radio lab they did a really good hour on death and the afterlife. Here is the link: http://www.radiolab.org/2009/jul/27/
They pulled it off without religion and just enough gentle woo to suck in even an atheist.
As a kid I was terrified of the idea of eternity in heaven. I even went through a short period where I would cry in bed at night at the thought of it. Obviously atheism was…